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# Get started with the Dashboard Designer

You can view the editable version of the Sales Performance (Dashboard) in Dashboard Designer by clicking **Browse Files** on the User Console Home page. Follow these quick steps.

1. In the **Folders** pane, click to expand the **Public** folder, then click to highlight the **Steel Wheels** folder.
2. In the center pane, double-click on **Sales Performance (dashboard)**.
3. After the dashboard opens, click **Edit** in **File Actions**.

   ![Dashboard Designer](/files/saw2F3vvUWicj382ha2X)

   | Item | Name                                    | Function                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
   | ---- | --------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
   | 1    | Opened view                             | Displays quick access buttons across the top to create and save new Analyzer Reports, Interactive Reports, and dashboards. Opened reports and files show as a series of tabs across the page.                                  |
   | 2    | **Prompts** panel                       | The **Prompts** panel gives you a way to add filters to the individual parts of your dashboard.                                                                                                                                |
   | 3    | **Browse** folders and **Files** panels | Locate your files using the **Browse** and **Files** panels, and add them to dashboards.                                                                                                                                       |
   | 4    | Dashboard canvas                        | Shows a dynamic view of your dashboard as you work to build it. The look of your dashboard refreshes as you add content from the **Browse** folders and **Files** panels, and work with the **Prompts** or **Objects** panels. |
   | 5    | **Objects** panel                       | Refine the look of your dashboard with the **Objects** panel by choosing a dashboard template or changing the titles for each object in the dashboard.                                                                         |


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